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Buster Drayton vs Mark Holmes — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Buster Drayton

Mark Holmes

Buster Drayton (40-15-1) and Mark Holmes (1-0 across 1 tracked bout) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Drayton

40

Wins28 KO · 70%

15

Losses

1

Draw57 tracked bouts

Holmes

Tracked record

1–0

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Holmes leads 1–0

Buster Drayton and Mark Holmes have met 1 time; Holmes leads 1–0.

Buster Drayton and Mark Holmes have met 1 time; Holmes leads 1–0.
Met1981Feb 7Series
Buster DraytonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Mark HolmesFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Drayton 3 · Holmes 3 of 6 measurable rows
DraytonHolmes
Record†
40-15-11-0 (edge)
Win %0–100%
72.3%
100% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 28
28 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
70%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
70% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 3
3
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
3.4—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 57
57
1

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Buster Drayton: 5′11″
Mark Holmes: No height on file
Reachnot held
Buster Drayton: 74″
Mark Holmes: No reach on file
Agenot held
Buster Drayton: Died aged 68
Mark Holmes: No date of birth
Stance
Buster Drayton: Orthodox
Mark Holmes: Not recorded

Buster Drayton left, Mark Holmes right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Buster Drayton40 wins · from 57 tracked bouts

Buster Drayton: 40 tracked wins — 28 by KO/TKO (70%) and 12 on the cards (30%). Counted from 57 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

28 by KO/TKO 70%12 on the cards 30%

Mark Holmes1 win · from 1 tracked bout

Mark Holmes: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Buster Drayton 57, Mark Holmes 1 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Buster Drayton had won four in a row before losing a decision to Derrick Rolon. Drayton last boxed on Jun 10, 1995.WWWWL

Cole Jun 1992Smith Nov 1992Harris Aug 1993Vera Nov 1994Rolon Jun 19953.4 tracked bouts per year

Mark Holmes last boxed on Feb 7, 1981 — 16,693 days ago. Holmes had won once, the most recent against Buster Drayton.W

Drayton Feb 1981

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buster Drayton and Mark Holmes ever fought each other?
Yes. Buster Drayton and Mark Holmes met once on February 7, 1981, and Mark Holmes won by UD.
The meeting

LFeb 7, 1981 · Holmes · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Drayton or Holmes?
Buster Drayton is 40-15-1 and Mark Holmes is 1-0 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Mark Holmes has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Drayton40–15–172.3%

Holmes1–0100%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Drayton or Holmes?
Buster Drayton has 28 knockout wins and Mark Holmes has 0. Buster Drayton has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Drayton2870%

Holmes0

The Numbers ↓
Do Drayton and Holmes have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Buster Drayton and Mark Holmes have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Drayton and Holmes?
This comparison is drawn from 57 bouts tracked for Buster Drayton and 1 bout tracked for Mark Holmes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Drayton57bouts

Holmes1bout

How They Win ↓

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